X-Git-Url: http://git.nikiroo.be/?p=gofetch.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102640274;fp=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102640274;h=6bd9fef92032fcf9c47e4e44a3184eeadf96990f;hp=2d9f868ac5e3df57d73dc14a1f46bce99f5ce70c;hb=3367f6256b5143b7cba2a61de36e74f389a5f379;hpb=b389651b0012a7ba1ff30d164958e155688ac216 diff --git a/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274 b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274 index 2d9f868..6bd9fef 100644 --- a/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274 +++ b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102640274 @@ -4,42 +4,59 @@ Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (BeauHD) from the easier-said-than-done dept. + o Reference: 0102640274 o News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/18/09/06/2043213/professor-who-coined-term-net-neutrality-thinks-its-time-to-break-up-facebook o Source link: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/4/17816572/tim-wu-facebook-regulation-interview-curse-of-bigness-antitrust - pgmrdlm shares a report from The Verge: Best known for coining - the phrase "net neutrality" and his book The Master Switch: - The Rise and Fall of Information Empires, Wu has a new book - coming out in November called The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust - in the New Gilded Age. In it, he argues compellingly for a - return to aggressive antitrust enforcement in the style of - Teddy Roosevelt, saying that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and - other huge tech companies are a threat to democracy as they - get bigger and bigger. "We live in America, which has a strong - and proud tradition of breaking up companies that are too big - for inefficient reasons," Wu told me on this week's Vergecast. - "We need to reverse this idea that it's not an American - tradition. We've broken up dozens of companies." "I think if - you took a hard look at the acquisition of WhatsApp and - Instagram, the argument that the effects of those acquisitions - have been anticompetitive would be easy to prove for a number - of reasons," says Wu. And breaking up the company wouldn't be - hard, he says. "What would be the harm? You'll have three - competitors. It's not 'Oh my god, if you get rid of WhatsApp - and Instagram, well then the whole world's going to fall - apart.' It would be like 'Okay, now you have some companies - actually trying to offer you an alternative to Facebook.'" - Breaking up Facebook (and other huge tech companies like - Google and Amazon) could be simple under the current law, - suggests Wu. But it could also lead to a major rethinking of - how antitrust law should work in a world where the giant - platform companies give their products away for free, and the - ability for the government to restrict corporate power seems - to be diminishing by the day. And it demands that we all think - seriously about the conditions that create innovation. "I - think everyone's steering way away from the monopolies, and I - think it's hurting innovation in the tech sector," says Wu. + [1]pgmrdlm shares a report from The Verge: + + > Best known for coining the phrase "net neutrality" and his + book The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information + Empires, Wu has a new book coming out in November called + [2]The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age . In + it, he argues compellingly for a return to aggressive + antitrust enforcement in the style of Teddy Roosevelt, saying + that Google, Facebook, Amazon, and other huge tech companies + [3]are a threat to democracy as they get bigger and bigger . + "We live in America, which has a strong and proud tradition of + breaking up companies that are too big for inefficient + reasons," Wu told me on this week's Vergecast. "We need to + reverse this idea that it's not an American tradition. We've + broken up dozens of companies." + + > + + > "I think if you took a hard look at the acquisition of + WhatsApp and Instagram, the argument that the effects of those + acquisitions have been anticompetitive would be easy to prove + for a number of reasons," says Wu. And breaking up the company + wouldn't be hard, he says. "What would be the harm? You'll + have three competitors. It's not 'Oh my god, if you get rid of + WhatsApp and Instagram, well then the whole world's going to + fall apart.' It would be like 'Okay, now you have some + companies actually trying to offer you an alternative to + Facebook.'" Breaking up Facebook (and other huge tech + companies like Google and Amazon) could be simple under the + current law, suggests Wu. But it could also lead to a major + rethinking of how antitrust law should work in a world where + the giant platform companies give their products away for + free, and the ability for the government to restrict corporate + power seems to be diminishing by the day. And it demands that + we all think seriously about the conditions that create + innovation. "I think everyone's steering way away from the + monopolies, and I think it's hurting innovation in the tech + sector," says Wu. + + + + [1] https://slashdot.org/~pgmrdlm + + [2] https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Bigness-Antitrust-New-Gilded/- + dp/0999745468 + + [3] https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/4/17816572/tim-wu-facebook- + regulation-interview-curse-of-bigness-antitrust ** Safe Harbor (Score:5, Interesting)